Peck Lake to Rodriquez Key

The sunrise as we left Peck Lake

Our next stop is Lake Worth at Palm Beach. We left at 6:50 and had a good trip. We passed by some beautiful houses on the ICW. We had a short day and got here about 11:00. I had started lunch early-meatloaf, carrots, peas, and mashed potatoes. We ate a big lunch and then had a lazy afternoon.

We hope we are leaving the bad weather behind us!

Beautiful Jupiter Lighthouse

Looking out Jupiter Inlet

Beautiful sights along the ICW

Wyndham Grand Hotel

We decided this bridge needed some maintenance!

Strange looking boat!

I named this house the "Diamond/Triangle House".

New construction on another big house.

Beautiful

Loved this gazebo

Golfers chasing golf balls along the ICW. At least they have a beautiful view!

This is the upper end of Lake Worth

Always know where I am when I see this colorful building!

Peanut Island

Busy port

 

 

Island Breeze Casino

 

Here we are. Lake Worth/Palm Beach is a great anchorage.

 

George and Shay doing dishes!

Me doing my thing, relaxing!

Pam doing her thing, reading.

 

Beautiful sunset

Moonrise over Palm Beach

 

Our plan is to go outside tomorrow to No Name Harbor, south of Miami. The weather looks good. That will be a long day.

We left at 5:30 in the dark. We know we have  long day and want to get it started as soon as we could. The inlet at Lake Worth is very well lighted. It looks like an airport runway. So it's easy to go out of in the dark.

Beautiful sunrise on the ocean

The water was great. Small waves very spread out. That's what we want. You never want to be in water that has waves that the height is greater than the time between. So 4' waves with 3 seconds between them is bad. But 2' waves with 10 seconds between them is good. You just have to pay close attention to the weather and make the right decisions.

We had a long day but it was calm and easy. But we did see hundreds of jellyfish all long the coast. George decided he was not going swimming! We got to No Name Harbor at 4:30. We ate dinner, took showers and settled in to watch TV.

There are lots of jellyfish in these waters!

These people were scuba diving from blow up kayaks!

Another busy inlet

A brave sailboat. He's testing the "big boat rule of right-a-way".

Beautiful skyline

Big dredge in the inlet

We went right through these sailboats!

This one is for you, David and Emma on Five Flip Flops!

It was beautiful.

Cape Florida Lighthouse

Stiltsville looks peaceful

Our anchorage outside No Name Harbor

We have not made definite plans for tomorrow. The weather for Saturday is perfect to head down to Marathon, but Sunday is calling for rain and thunderstorms. We may stay here for a day or two and left the weather settle down.

We knew there was a cruiser's net in the area and were pleased when we heard Julie from Coup d' Amour was in charge. We talked to her before the net and she got us a mooring near her and Matthew. We have not seen them since Black Point Settlement in 2013. So, We decided to move to the other side of the bay and check out Coconut Grove. We have heard a lot of good stuff about the area. On the way, we went into No Name Harbor to see what it looked like. I thought it was too small for us, unless we were the only boat there.

 

Sticking our nose into No Name Harbor

Looking toward Coconut Grove

We moved over and put the dinghy in the water, but before we could get started, Matthew and Julie came to visit us. It was so good to see them again and they even took us for a tour of the area close to the waterfront. We enjoyed talking to them and catching up. Sounds like they have some exciting projects for the future. Good luck with them!

 

Heading to our mooring.

Coupe d'Amour



Shay says we have another view to Africa!

Here we are.

Hey, Matthew and Julie! long time no see!

We ate lunch with them at a great pizza place. Then we went to the Saturday Farmer's Market. They had everything, fruits, veggies, cakes, pies, salads, spices, crafts, and more. We liked looking around at all the stuff. 

 

Sunday was rainy all day long. We kept thinking it would stop, so we could go back to shore, but we were stuck on the boat all day! So we read, googled, facebooked,  napped, and got all rested for the next day.

 

It's a good thing we did get all rested up, because we walked for hours and hours. We saw lots of beautiful buildings and stuff. We walked and looked for somewhere to eat and finally got a sub. We enjoyed the trip to shore and were ready for a rest when we got back.

 

Just goofing off.

George and Pam

Very unusual.

 

Beautiful building!

Look at the beautiful ceilings on the porch!

We had decided to go back across the bay today to make our early morning trip tomorrow, go easier. We left the moorings and anchored right across the bay from where we were. We ended up having several other boats with us. That's ok, it's a big place to anchor.

Looking back at Miami

Somebody's got a big boat!

Our anchorage

Great friends!

Beautiful skyline at night!

 

The sunrise made the city glow

Even Stiltsville glowed!

Up and moving about 6:30 Tuesday morning. Happy Veteran's Day! We are going to Rodriquez Key which is about half way to Marathon. We have made the trip in one day, but it was very long, hot, and exhausting. We were heading due west into the setting sun and trying to dodge hundreds of crab pots right in the channel. The trip today will take us about 7 to 8 hours depending on how fast we go.

Not sure what this wreck was, a plane?

Here we are.

We got to Rodriquez about 2 pm. We have a few other boats here with us but that's ok. We had an easy afternoon/evening. Reading, napping, dinner, baths, then blogging and TV. Tomorrow we'll start the Marathon adventure.